Alison & Stephanie are the founders of “What’s New Pop-Up,” a platform for unique raw talent from a variety of categories including Food, Sports & Fitness, Fashion and more.
Ingredients for today’s show include things to eat during Christmas. We learn about how “What’s New Pop-Up” has grown, and we find out if your friends should support your business?
Podcast Ingredients
- An introduction to Alison & Stephanie from What’s New Pop-Up.
- What is “What’s New Pop-Up.”
- We learn about their first “Sports & Fitness “ pop-up.
- How the idea was born for “What’s New Pop-up” and how it evolved.
- How Alison and Stephanie try to keep their brand authentic.
- Dealing with feedback from friends and family.
- Why Alison and Stephanie didn’t pitch for investment.
- Getting brands on board for the pop-up.
- The different pop-up themes.
- The vision for 5 years from now.
- We learn about the team that makes everything work.
- We talk about selling tickets to strangers.
- Should your friends support your business?
- The power of activation and doing things in person.
- The power of losing.
- We explore Alison and Stephanie’s heritage.
- We talk Madesu, a Congolese dish.
- Why plantain and gizzard are so tasty.
- We explore Foods that Alison and Stephanie dont like to eat.
- The Love-hate relationship with prawns.
- The best place to eat chicken wings.
- Real vs Fake Nutella.
- Black vs White pudding.
- We talk Nigerian pepper soup.
- Is cows foot tasty?
- We explore things to eat during Christmas.
- The problem with turkey.
- Mikate & Puff Puff at Christmas?
- We find out if Alison and Stephanie like to cook?
- We talk about Mama Deluxe, a restaurant in Tottenham.
- We touch on Nigerian Restaurant’s, 805 and Mama Cass.
- We hear the famous Drake story ☺
Related Links
- Instagram: whatsnewpopup
- YouTube: What’s New Pop-up
- Twitter: @WNP__
- Facebook: Whatsnewpopup
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